converting 2D Autocad Duct drawings to Fabrication CADmep models

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converting 2D Autocad Duct drawings to Fabrication CADmep models

eng.ammarabdou
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Hi ALL,

I am so glad that i am member of this great forum.

 

we are sheet metal duct manufacturer, all our customers provide us with the duct layers in 2D autoCad file.

 

Can i import this file to fabrication CADmep and automatically convert it to the CADmep models? i mean,recognize each duct piece (like straight duct, elbow or Tee) with the correct dimensions?

 

Or should i trace that file piece by piece?

 

we want to do this because there are a lot of human mistakes involved in doing all these dimensions manually , so i am thinking that the fabrication process should be as following:

 

2D AutoCad file from the customer -> import to Fabrication CADmep -> takeoff to CAMduct

 

am i right? did i mess something? 

 

by the way , we are using Fabrication CADmep 2018, and CAMduct 2018

 

Best Regards,

 

Ammar Mohammad

 

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dyoung
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Trace over it. Using Design Line can help with the process.

Darren J. Young
http://www.darrenjyoung.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenjyoung/
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Anonymous
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convert 2d to 3d automatically?  Smiley LOL

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